FOTD show & tell purple smokey eye featuring tarte's envoke the smoke quad

i went a little bit more dramatic in today's look... i think you can easily do that with purples, don't you think?

i'm excited to do this again with a navy blue! there's an awesome navy blue in one of the bareMinerals READY 8.0 palettes. sometimes i have so many ideas that i can't even pick one to start with! well, there are still many more days left in 2012 where i can definitely come up with more looks. xoxo Kathleen

FOTD show & tell cranberry smokey eye using the BUXOM Tango e/s palette

since it's Thursday, you get a show & tell video from me!

i'm not the expert at smokey eyes, but i try to practice whenever i see a dark color that i really love. in this BUXOM e/s palette, i picked "embrace" which is the dark cranberry color. i must confess... i think i didn't do a really good job at blending out the cranberry and the charcoal color... maybe that's why i got a thumbs down? i don't know... but that's okay... i'll just keep on improving, right?

for next week, i need to pull out one of the kits i bought in the past and try to recreate a look from that (or pick something from my box of inspiration). for the following week, i'll be on vacation so i hope to have a BE video pre-recorded to upload on that day. i was almost thisclose to skipping that Thursday and upload an OOTD or FOTD while i'm on vacation, but i really want to stay consistent. most likely, i'll be uploading really short "on the go" vlogs with a hint of beauty. LOL xoxo Kathleen

bareMinerals FOTD show & tell smokey grey/silver

i was in a grey mood today (to match the skies) and i pulled out a few colors i hadn't even used before. the look ended up being more silver than grey, but it came out nice nonetheless.

i really, really liked the lip balm i used today! it is a very nice deep berry color. i Googled searched and they came out with these lip balms years ago but i guess i missed out on these. there are also no other new colors coming out or for sale. (i don't buy makeup off Ebay.) that's okay... i don't really buy lip balms and have way too many other lip products to go through anyway.

i need to do a spring look! i think i'm going to pick colors from the Women of BE collection. a subbie suggested it so i think i'm going to come up with a spring look from this collection. it'll be fun! xoxo Kathleen

FOTD & OOTD February 25th

sorry i'm late to post this video and write this blog post. at least i made a video yesterday... i just didn't have time to edit and upload it the same day... but you get 2 videos today!

yes, more talk about Jordan's solo concert... in today's video, i will be talking more about it, but i promise i won't continue to talk about it as it's not really beauty-themed. so you will be spared the continuous torture! so i hope you like this side of me... with a smokey eye. i was just in the mood! LOL xoxo Kathleen